Improvement in locks



W. JONES. LOCK No. 44,869. Patented Nov. l, 1864.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM JONES, OF BROOKLYN, NEWT YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN LOCKS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 44,869, dated November l, 1364.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM JoNEs, of 67 Sands street, iu the city of Brooklyn, county oi' Kings, and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Locks for Trunks and other Purposes; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,.clcar, and ex act d escription of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this speciiication, in which- Figure l is a front view of a lock and portions of the body Vand lid of the trunk to which it is attached. Fig. 2 is a back view of the same. Fig. 3 is a vertical section of the same from back to front. Fig. 4 is a horizontal section of the lock and part of the body of the trunk. Fig. 5 is a transverse vertical section ot' the lock.

. Similar letters ot' reference indicate corresponding parts inv the several iigures.

This invention relates to that class ot locks which are termed hasp-locks, from their being applied in connection with a hasp, such locks being more particularly suitable for trunks, or as a substitute for padlocks for various purposes.

' In carrying out my invention the lock is attached permanently to the hasp.

The improvements consist iu so applying the hasp and a socket into which the lock is received, to lock the trunk or other article on which it is used, as to permit any lateral strain or racking movement without injury, also, in providing such a lock with a revolving bolt, operating in a peculiar manner, hereinafter described, and, further, in a certain mode of combining a tumbler with the revolving bolt.

A B is the hasp, made with a hinge, a, in the usual manner. One part, A, of this hasp is represented attached to the front part oi' thc body C of the truuk, and the other part, B, has permanently secured to it the circular box or casing D, which contains the working parts of the lock, the said box or casing being attached to it by screws b b, or by other suitable means.

E is a circular metal socket, of, a size and forni for the circular casing D to tit snugly into it. This socket is fitted into a hole provided for it iu the front part of the lid (l of the trunk, and is made with a iange, c, which tits up closely against the exterior of the lid. It is Jfurnished at its back with two T-shaped projections, d d, which enter T-shaped slots d. d in a plate, G, which is inserted inside of the lid for the purpose of securing the socket. the said plate being moved endwise after having its slots placed on thc said projections, so as to bring the necks of the latter into the narrow parts of the slots and lock them securely. The plate E may be secured by one or more tacks or rivets, e e.

The part A of the 4hasp is secured to the body O of the trunk by a pivot, f, and this pivot, .with the circular casing D, tting into the socket E, permits any strain or lateral movement to which the lid may be subjected in the transportation ofthe trunk Without any injury to the lock or hasp.

The lock is made with a revolving bolt, F, which should preferably be arranged in the center of the casing D, and which is iitted to a bearing in theback of the casing, preferably in the center thereof, and a hole, 7L',"i`s provided in the back 0I' the socket E for the passage ot' this bolt. The bolt is made with a bit, g, projecting laterally from it outside of the easing D, and the hole IL is made with a slot, h', at the bottom for the passage ot' this bit. Inside ot' the casing D the bolt has firmly secured to it a disk, H, which is made with a thin tlange, j, which serves as a ward to the key, and in which there are a series of notches, ll, into which the bit of the key works like a pinion into a cog- Wheel. III front of this disk thereis a tumbler, l, operated by a spring, m, and this tumbler carries a pin, r, which operates in a series ot' notches, s, in a circular guard-plate, L, secured to the front of the disk H.

The key J is like the key of an ordinarylock, and enters a key-hole,n, in the hasp. This key has a hollow socket which ts a tixed pin. p, secured in the back of the easin g l).

The tumbler swings on one ot' the screws b and works on a guard-pin, q, which is screwed into the center ofthe disk H.

The trunk or other article is locked by bringing the iock into the socket E and turning the key one or more revolutions, the bolt F pass- 'ing through the hole h, and the bit g being brought out of line with the slot h of the hole in the socket by the turning ot' the key. The unlocking is ett'ected by giving the. same number oI" turns to the key in the reverse direction, or by turning it a sufficient number of times in the samcdirection to complete the .revolutin of the disk H and bolt F. When it is unlocked, the look will drop or may be drawn outof the socket E, the upper part, B, of the hasp folding down, as shown in red outline in Fig. 3.

ABy thus attaching the lock to the hasp and making it close into a socket much greater strength is obtained than with an ordinary hasp-lock, andpby attaching `the hasp to the body of the trunk, instead ofthe lid, it is prevented frorh offering any obstacle to the elosing of the lid. 4

What I claim as my'invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

.l. The circular socket E, for 111e reception 

